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Bipartisan politicians rally to save US cultural funding
Criticism of President Trump’s proposed cuts creates united front of Democrats and Republicans
Gone, but not forgotten: Resurrected Artists in the Main Show
Five of the 15 artists in Viva Arte Viva who are deceased but, Macel says, deserving of more recognition
Documenta opens in Athens with emphasis on performance, politics and little-known artists
The show has been criticised for neglecting the Greek artistic scene but praised for supporting state-run museums in the city
What does Trump's plan to abolish estate tax mean for collectors?
The plan could be a mixed bag for both wealthy market players and cultural charities
Nitsch performance using slaughtered bull to go ahead in Tasmania
A petition launched by an animal rights group to block the work has attracted 20,000 signatures
Mummy mania makes comeback in Liverpool
UK museum housing largest collection of ancient Egyptian artefacts outside the British Museum reopens after 18-month refurbishment
Janelle Monáe celebrates the MCA Chicago
Monáe is due to perform at the museum’s MCA ArtEdge: 50 gala
New book lifts lid on Mohammed Afkhami’s Iranian contemporary art collection
Financier says that an exhibition of his holdings in Toronto could travel to Houston
Venture capitalist Jean Pigozzi plans foundation to house huge contemporary African art collection
Works from his 10,000-strong holdings are on show in extensive survey at Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris
I.M. Pei’s life and work celebrated to mark architect’s centenary
Chosen by Jacqueline Kennedy to design the Kennedy Library, he went on to build landmark museums across the globe
Shows set to let textile artist and printmaker Anni Albers shine
The wife and fellow Bauhaus refugee of Josef is at the forefront of two forthcoming exhibitions, including a full-scale survey of her work planned for 2018 at Tate Modern
UK exhibition costs statue an arm and a leg—in a good way
Conservators remove sculpture’s “horrendous” replacement limbs ahead of Fitzwilliam show
Late artist Marisol leaves the lot to the Albright-Knox
Sculptures, photos, drawings, archives, property and other artists’ works go to the upstate New York museum the artist wanted to be the home for her art
Tomás Saraceno collaborates with 7,000 spiders to make largest-ever exhibited web
Argentinian artist’s solo show in Buenos Aires also includes a sound piece played by an arachnid
East Anglian sculpture park set to be created on university campus
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts launches project with controversial placement of works by Antony Gormley
Nowhere to hide: new tool brings technical firepower to the fight against fraudsters
Proprietary screening software will trawl the dark web for fakes and unauthorised copies sold online
De Stijl factory gets a new lease of life in time for art movement's centenary
New owners restore De Ploeg—the only industrial building designed by Gerrit Rietveld
Frieze sculpture park to open in London this summer
Art fair’s outdoor exhibition will be on view from July to October
Major exhibition on the Hajj planned for Abu Dhabi this autumn
Show exploring annual pilgrimage to Mecca due to be held at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Peggy Guggenheim's great-grandchildren say New York exhibition violates her legacy
Row follows long-running legal dispute between the Guggenheim Foundation and the collector's descendants
President Erdoğan plans new museum dedicated to Turkey’s failed coup
Propaganda project will focus on the “martyrs and warriors” who fought last summer’s rebellion
Pompeii will have 'regular maintenance at last'
Massimo Osanna, the man leading the ancient city's restoration, has turned the site around—but there is still work to do
Trinity Church sued by sculptor over 9/11 work removed from courtyard
Steve Tobin filed a complaint under the Visual Artists Rights Act saying the church violated his moral rights
Germany to investigate mass plunder of works of art by Stasi in Cold War era
Research into post-war seizures of art in East Germany could spark international restitution claims
'World's shortest railway' to resume service by this summer
Angel's Flight, a historic funicular in downtown Los Angeles, gets major revamp ahead of its reopening